Clay-modeling book



June 12, 1`9z3. 1,458,508

' J. R AlKEN cLAY MODELING 150cmA .Filed J 1111? '28" 1922 Afro/Pme Patented June 12, 1923.

PArENroi-*Fica JANET R. AIKEN; OF BRANCHVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

CLAY-MODELING BooK.

Application lcd `.Ti11y`28, 1`922. `Serial No. 578,16.

To all Iwilma, it may concern.

Be it known that I. JANET citizen of the United Statief-.aand a resident of Branchville, in the county of Fairlield. State of Connecticut, have made certain new and useful improvements in Clay-Modeling BooksT of which the following is a specification.

The main object of the invention is to produce a book which can be repeatedly employed in clay modeling. In other Words, the book is constructed so that each page thereof upon Which the modeling Work is carried out can be used a number ofv times and still remain in an unspoiled condition.

As illustrating a specific manner in which the invention may be realized, reference is made to the accompanying drawing forming a. part of this specification, and in which draavin g,

Figure l. `shows the hook open; this book is composed of a number of leaves bound together. The leaf at the left constitutes what may be termed an illustrative plate or page, While the leaf at the right constitutes what may be termed the Work plate or page.

Figure 2 shows a set of pages, from the book. different from the set prominently appearing in Figure l.. n

F igure' shows the same set of pages as Figure 2. In Figure Q the work page appears as it normally exists in the book, While in Figure 8 the Work page appears as it eX- ists with the completed model Work ther upon.

Reference will now be made to the drawing` in detail. Theclay modeling book. designated l. is composed of pages, as 2 and 8. of heavy paper. card-board or other sheet material suitably bound together. Vhen open. as shown in Figure l. there prominently appears a set of pages the left hand page of which constitutes an illustrative plate or page. so called because there is shown thereupon an object (or objects) to be modeled in bas-relief on the opposite right hand page of the set. This right hand page is specially constructed. so as to provide and constitute a Work page. The obliects illustrated mav include geometrical Figures, as l. household articles. .figures from nature, as 5, boats, Statuary, etc.. and they are preferably arranged or graded in Vt-he book so that the simple ones appear in the earlier plates and the more diilicult ones in the latter plates, `whereby if the plates are R. AIKEN, Aa

consecutively followed there is provided a progres-sive series of lessons y.iny modeling'.

As to each. right hand` pagethe Work page it is constructed yas follows: First there is printed thereupon. an exact replica of the. outline of the design or object appearing on the r opposite illustrative'page.

In'` fact'th'e outline. as 6, which includes a 7, is all oit' the design or fevv main lines,` as object that appears on the Work page. The Working surface*at least-of the Work page is thenV coated With paraiiin Wax or other suitable coating material Which is transparent whereby the design outlined is below the resulting coating, as 8. f

In order to facilitate the Work of the student or person employing the book it is preferable to use a permanently plastic clay which contains a high percentage of oil to prevent hardening, but it Will be remarked that aclay which is mixed With other ingredients may be employed. The obi ect of providing the paraflin or other suitable coating 1s so that when the modeling clay is placed upon the Work page the clay or its mixing ingredients will not soil, stain` penetrate. or render unfit for future use the material of the Work page or the design upon it. Suchbeing the case, it Willbe manifest that the coating must be oil proof Where a clay mixed with oil is to be employed in the book. Since paraffin is impervious to Water. and also to the oil used in permanently plastic clay. it provides an excellent coating to attain the desired end; however. it will be noted that other protecting coatings could loe employed to realize the desired result.

In employing the book the student-or person doing the actual modeling Workplaces a daub of clav on the Work page over the outline. molds it with tools and fingers until it exactly covers the outline. follows the completed picture given on the opposite plate or illustrative page and, step by step. reproduces in actual clay, as at f), the basrelief illustrated; as at 5.

Once the design on the waxed pagethe Work page-is completed the clay may be removedleaving the page in its original unspoiled condition: the page may be used any number of times for repeated reproductions of the models given or in variations of them as desired..

The invention relates to a clay modeling book having the advantageous features above outlined and set forth in the aecompa-nying claims. It Will be manifest, however, that the invention may be realized in various forms. and Ways Without departing from` the spirit and scope thereof.

Vhat I claim is:

l. A book for use in Clay modeling Work, which book comprises sets of pages each of which sets when open has a left hand illustrative page and a right hand Work page, the left hand illustrative page having thereupon a full representation or' an object Vto be modeled in. bas-relief on the opposite work page`r and which Work page has thereupon an outline which an exact replica of the outlines vof the design appearing on the opposite'illustrative page, the Work Surface JANET R. AIKEN. 

